DeepThroat.Trojan

DeepThroat.Trojan has no visual indicators of infection. When executed, this Trojan horse modifies the system registry to enable itself to run as a service. When installed on a Microsoft Windows system, it lets others gain full access to the system through a network connection.



Norton Internet Security/Norton Internet Protection users
If you are using either of these Symantec firewall programs, the name that is used by the Trojan Block rule to prevent the Trojan from being downloaded to your computer is different from the name that is used by Norton AntiVirus to detect the same threat if it were actually run on your computer or received in email.

Norton Internet Security/Norton Internet Protection will block DeepThroat.Trojan from being downloaded to your computer using the Block Rule DeepThroat.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version May 15, 2000
• Latest Rapid Release version June 22, 2009 revision 066
• Initial Daily Certified version May 15, 2000
• Latest Daily Certified version June 19, 2009 revision 051
• Initial Weekly Certified release date pending

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 0 - 2
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Moderate

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low